Nigel Farage says 'I will not be bullied' as objects thrown at his bus and man arrested
11.06.2024 - 12:39
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Nigel Farage has thanked police after he had objects thrown at him while campaigning in Barnsley today.
The Reform UK leader was on top of a party battle bus in the South Yorkshire town on Tuesday morning, when a cup was thrown, narrowly missing him.
A man in a red hoodie could be seen shouting from a work site below, before reaching into a bucket and throwing something else, which also missed. Workers appeared to then haul the man from the site and he ran off, before police officers tackled him to the ground.
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Mr Farage, who had been warned by police not to get off the bus, said he believes the objects were some wet cement and a coffee cup. The party leader posted footage of the incident on X, saying: "My huge thanks to South Yorkshire Police today. I will not be bullied or cowed by a violent left-wing mob who hate our country."
The force said a 28-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of public order offences.
South Yorkshire Police said in a statement: “We have arrested a 28-year-old man on suspicion of public order offences following disorder in Barnsley town centre today. It is believed that the man threw objects from a nearby construction area. A suspect was quickly detained and remains in police custody.”
It comes after Victoria Thomas Bowen, 25, was charged with assault by beating and criminal damage when a milkshake was thrown over Mr Farage as he left the Moon and Starfish Wetherspoon pub in Clacton-on-Sea in Essex on Tuesday last week.
Mr Farage was seen with the yellow drink splattered across his dark blue suit as he boarded his campaign bus.
During a campaign walkabout in Newcastle in 2019, he